Viola M Holt

Brief Life History of Viola M

When Viola M Holt was born on 25 September 1885, in Alabama, United States, her father, Robert Lee Holt, was 21 and her mother, Margaret J Newton, was 8. She married Albert Charlie Watkins on 29 April 1910, in Morgan, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Somerville, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1920. She died on 26 April 1974, in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Morgan, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Charlie Watkins
1887–1976
Viola M Holt
1885–1974
Marriage: 29 April 1910
Gladys Mae Watkins
1912–
James Pat Watkins
1915–1997
James Robert Watkins
1919–1987
James Arthur Watkins
1922–2007
Ollie Pearl Watkins
1924–2011
Bertie Mae Watkins
1928–2004
Annie Mae Watkins
1929–2009

Sources (28)

  • Viley Holt, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Viley Holt, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Viola Watkins, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

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1909 · The NAACP is formed

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Name Meaning

English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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